ahood
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Thank you. The clip from the forum contains info I already know. It just seemed like you were inferring I was doing things wrong or the things I was providing to him aren't good choices, but didn't point out what exactly needed to be corrected and how besides the gutloading. I personally feel like the things I provide to him are very good, but that it needs to be built upon (wider variety of bugs and more gutloading). But I feel like the insects I use are good (just not wide enough variety) and my lighting is good, he stays hydrated, I do proper supplementation, and keep his cage clean. I was confused though, because it seemed like you were saying my care was lacking in those areas. Oh well. Thanks anyways. I'll just keep doing what I know and the way I know to improve.The panther chameleon care sheets here on the forums is so full of good information! It mentions that panthers lives from 5 to 7 years on average. If you just mathematically convert that to human years assuming a human life span of 70 years then every year for a panther chameleon is like 10 to 14 years! So, logically speaking, for a panther every day counts! Every meal counts! Every bug counts! In the span of a year I use over 200 different kinds of chameleon safe foods for gutloading! Nearly all organic items too! As for bugs, two or three different kinds of bugs is just not enough! In nature chameleons has a endless supply of hundreds of different kinds of bugs.
Here is a couple of screen shots from the panther chameleon care sheet from chameleonforums.com
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Sure hope this helps!